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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

Mrs. Patten wore a remarkably rich COS
tune, consisting OF electric blue faille. with a
huge train, striped in frise and plush.
The front was drapei with her own bridal
veil. a fine piece of renaissance lace. Mrs.
Glover's four sisters acted rs bridesmaids, one
of them, Miss Josephine, making her debut on
this occasion. Miss Edith and Miss Nell Q
Wore gowns in a soft shade Of pink Miss
Josephine and Miss Mamie had beautiful
dresses of delicate blue tulle, dotted with blue
pearls.
The wedding took place in the fine large
mansion at the head of Connecticut avenue
which Mrs. Patten built last year The large
parlors are paneled in red wood, with a frieze
of tropical birds handpainted in oil The
wedding was performed by Rev. Father Chap
pell.
Sunday evening, after a custom which the
Pattens picked up during their stay in Ger
many, the brides mother gave what is known
as white dinner to the bride and bridegroom
and their immediate relatives and friends
Besides the sister Of Mr.. Glover, Mrs. Justice
Field and the brides family, Baron Alben-
steven, NJ. Roustan, the French minister and
Col. Frey, the Swiss minister, were present.
Congressman Glover. personally, is not very
striking. He is diminutive in size has pale,
anxious, wearied face, and nobody would
pick him out of crowd for congressman or
a man of any particular ability. His uncle,
John NJ. Glover, WAS prominent in congress
for number of years, and his father was a
candidate for the senate at the time Senator
Vest was elected Young Glover inherits his
fathers fight', ana between himself and Sena-
tor Vest there has been for years bitter feud,
which eliminated recently in something like
a challenge for a duel
An amusing story is told Of the engage
ment of Glover and Miss Patten. He met her
her violently She kept him Off at arms
length until late on in the summer, when
finally the affair Fas settled by bet. Miss
Patten bet the -oung congressman that he
would not be re- iected, and agreed tina: If he
we're she would marry him Glover Is not
very well of, hSVing inherited only s2O.uuo
or SIS 900 from his father, but he staled his
last dollar on his election and won. He viii
probably now lie reelected when he has
served his term in the Fiftieth congress
The newly married couple have gone to
California on their wedding trip; next sum
mer they will take run to Europe No plans
have been made for the future home for the
Glovers, but Mrs. Patten wishes to have them
with her Gs long as Mr.. Glover remains in
congress.
This wedding was such big affair that most
Of our society people slept till noon next day
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

CONGRESSMAN GLOVER. to Outshine, if
she pleased. even the splendor of Mrs. Macksy,
whose husband was the partner of the late
Mr.. Paiten. In the trousseau were forty
dresses by Worth.
The wedding robe in which the fair bride
made a most enhancing picture, was a grand
affair with a train ninety inches long, OF
satin heavily brocadcd in velvet, the waist
and front trimmed with duchesse lace, finer,
it is said, than that the Princess Beatrice
wore on her wedding gown. The neck was
high and the sleeves came to the elbow. A
long tulle vail was worn, and the lady car
ried in her hand big bouquet Of lilies of the
valley. with jeweled fan covered with
duchsSse lace, beneath which was tiny
vatican painting She wore no jewels, al
though Mr. Glover had Tiffany send his bride
three large necklaces 10 choose from.
Among the dresses WIS a fine bottle green
travelling dress, with jacket, muf and toque,
edged with black astrakan; Nile green wa
tered silk, broCaded with emerald silk velvet;
another gown, of Nile green tulle, over silk of
the same color; a visiting costume Of electric
gray plush; a ball dress with a petticoat Of
shimmering white watered silk, draped
with deep yellow satin; maize colored satin
and navy blue moire antique. with Nalenci-
enneS lace; an evening dress of black silk, COW
cred with black dotted tulle; a house dress of
fine black Chantilly lace; a pale salmon pink
satin, painted and embroidered with delicate
sprays, vines and butterflies, no two the same
III color or oItline; dinner dress of dark
blue satin, embroidered with silver, gold and
scarlet: tea GOWNS and matinees in fade tints.
supplemented with lace, swansdown and furS;
dressing gowns most exluisitely embroidered,
and other dresses too varied IN their details 10
be described.
The brides opera cloak was of ribbed cream
silk, embroidered with gold, lined with real
ermine and bordered with wide bands of
white fox. She also has a wrap reaching TO
the feet made of two camers hair shawls,
which together cost 5000. None of the
dresses mentioned cost less than e. 600. With
them there are fans, hanikerchiefs, laces and
jewels to match. The bride has three dozen
pairs of slippers made of undressed kid They
are in the latest style, made with pointed toes,
high heels and big silver and gold buckles
Mrs Glover's underwear was all imported
and is rich in embroidery and lace. On every
piece her middle name, Augusta, is embroid-
cred in fac-simile of her signature
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
A Fortunate Collector.

A fortunate New Yorker who has made
money in a speciality is Charles l.. Ritz
mann, who began in 1879 to collect photo
graphs of prominent persons in social,
religious, theatrical AMI public life. The
first collection which hung in his show
window comprised five photographs. To-
day he has more than 5000, the collec-
ton being worth between $50, 900 and
$50, 600. The market value Of the photo
graphs ranges from twenty-five cents to
$40 each. As an instance Of the extensive
variety, it may be noted that he has $50
different poses of Ellen Terry and more
than 250 of Mrs. Langtry.-New York
Tribune
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

A woman who keeps boarding house on
Larned street ralled at police headquarters
yesterday {" complain that a gentleman
boar,ler had skipped her house, leaving bill
unpaid.
He owes me about $40 and l want him
caught," She added
what kind Of perr-on was her asked the
sergeant
We'll, the day before he went away he
offered to marry me to settle the bill. You
can judge what cheek he has"
And yOu refusedi'
"IeS-uo-no. didn't" she exclaimed as
she bluShed clear back to her ears. at was
all settled that we should be married, and
that's one reason why III pursue hun to the
ends of he earth. \ man who'll jump q
board bill and Il marriage engagement, too
is an outlaw who should lie locked up."-De-
trOit Free Press
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

ana forgot what hav 1t was. But the boys
and the drums saved the day.
To tell anything now that is new about
Washington would entite any one to ',e
degree of doctor Of laws
Although | am not ambitious for titles of
any kind. think | have few interesting
things that may be more or less new about
Washington. Americans grow no into a
stareotyped and preconceived idea of Wash
ington, 81 that when they learn any fact about
him which cuts athwart this conception
they look upon it As apocryphaL Every
schoolboy has before his minds eve the
features of Washington, and if he has any
gift Of delineation at his fingers end he can
draw you impromptu pretty good likeness
of him who was first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts of
his countrymen" So trite has history been
in this respect that we are not familiar even
with that great and truthful likeness by
Houdon which is preserved in the plaster
east once standing in the court house at Lex
ington, Va, and now occupying an honored
place in Statuary hall i'll the Capitol here
Houdon made the statue from the living man.
The face was nodded upon the living fea-
lures Of Washington, the form was made
with the most thorough, painstaking anxiety
for actual measurements from the body of
Washington. 1t represents not a perfect form,
hut a long, light Embed man, gaunt, bony.
wiry and sinewy The face Is ruled by the
expression of iirmness and decision of charac-
ter, not by that placidity and soft repose
which mark most of the Washington por-
traits
A portrait of Washington, almost unknown
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

as long as the hub of empire Is east of the
Mississippi river This, the youngest giant Of
them all. may never pass New York i'll the race
for supremacy, but all other rivals shall surely
fall by the wayside 'Ts not the enthusiast,
nor the optimist, hut the circulating man of
cold statistics who looks ahead five years and
beholds in Chicago an even million souls, and
two millions i'll the year 1915. Fifty years
more, unless the science OF mathematics and
the rules of expectation fail, and the 100 year
old Chicago will possess a populace equaling
in numbers that of the London of today and
surely eXcelling it in prosperity, intelligence
and culture. WALTER WELLMAN.
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were made for him by Swiss artisan
i'll New York. They are now preserved
in the museum of the Baltimore col
lege of dentistry The material used in them
was hippopotamus ivory. The lower plate was
made of one solid piece, teeth and plate being
carved together. The upper plate required
greater skill. and was made with the plate
separate, and the teeth rivetei 10 il with fine
gold rivets. Although plaster casts Of Wash
ington's mouth were made. II was impossible 10
carve the plates precisely they should be TO
fit. They gave him great pain at times, but
by gradual carving they finally were adapted
to the irregular surface Of his mandibles. 1t
was his habit to remove his teeth on retiring
at night, and in the course Of two years, by
the moisture of his mouth and the regular
nightly cleansing, the upper plate cracked
and split, SO that one day the father Of his
country felt the roof II his mouth cleft i'll
twain. Had it not been for the delicate
springs inserted at the hinges of these teeth to
make them cling tightly to his jaws, in the alb
sence of that perfect suction which the mod
ern dentists secure, the teeth would have fallen
out Washington sent them to jeweler at
Alexandria for repairs. Thin strips of steel
We're riveted across wires on each piece of the
ivory plate, and the old gentleman wore this
amended set of his teeth TO his death.
JOHN AYE
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

have discovered that a new disease is
ravaging Boston II is known as .'recep-
tion prostration." | met one of its vic
tins last week, a man who is generally
overflowing with spirits. He was gloomy,
almost misanthropic,. and seemed as
though he had never known how TO smile,
and was nn utter stranger 10 cheerfulness.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE WEDDING OF CONGRE ESSMAN
GLOVER AND KATE PATTEN

Tho Society of the Capital Greatly Inter
ested-AH the Cabinet Present Except
ing Garland and Manning-A Most
l emarkabte Portrait.
WASHINGTON, March THE wedding OF
Congressman Glover and Kate Patten the
other night was the greatest marriage event
of the Washington social season. The
president and Mrs Cleveland were invited,
W. W. CorCoran was present, and all the
members of the cabinet except Mr. Garland
and Secretary Manning, with their wives, the
justices Of the supreme court, and no end OF
senator's and congTeSsmen were there. Among
the New York guests came Cyrus Field and
wife. The president and Mrs Cleveland sent
their regrets in neat little note. They were
not able TO lie present, as 1t is not the custom
for the president 10 attend any social events
outside of the White House and cabinet
families.
Young Glover is not vet :s5 years old and is
the youngest member Of the present congress
La Toilette, Of Wisconsin, contests that dis
tinction closely with him, having been born
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

Did you ever see Mexican door key,
1t is very appropriate looking article,
with which to lock lovers out. IL is made
of heavy iron and is abont ten inches long
Being too large for the pocket, it is usually
carried on a chain at the waist.--San
Francisco Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

De bigger dat yuu see de smoke
DE- less ds fire will be,
And de lcIStest kind o 'possum
Climirs de biggest kind % tree.
De darky at the ole camp ground
Who kin loudeSt sing and shout
Is agwine TO rob some hen roast
AfOre de week is out
Quoted hy Senator Vance.
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on the l4th Of June,
1855, while Glover
was born on the sd
of that month. The
bride, who is a
young lady Of some
beauty and good
sense, is tall and
spare, has soft,
dark hair and eyes,
fine arms, and is
withal modest and
ladylike and a well
read scholar. Per-
haps no girl ever
had such a trous-
seau in this coun-
try. What it cost
is beyond knowing.
Mrs. Patten is a
California widow.
possessed of several
millions. and able
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

wrote "Silver
Threads" outside Of
the newspaper Of
fees. His name il
Eben f. RcXford,
and he has written
a great deal for the
papers the past few
years, east and
west. Last year he
was made post
master general of
ShroctOn, a village
Of "A few hundred
inhabitants, the
~;
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Slaughter of Iobstery.

The slaughter of Holsters at Prince Ed
ward Island is something astounding.
There Were exported the past season o.
600 cases, mostly to Europe, which in
volved the killing of 81, 900, 600 Holsters. -
Chicago Herald
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

Tennyson has at last tequeathed TO the
English language a word that will rhyme
with "youngstcr 1t is ''tonguester."
Now why is not an auctioneer a lungster
and a barkeeper bungster? Our language
must be enriched Washington Post.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

1t is curious fact the physical condition
of steel is unsettled for many hours after be-
ing rolled. Finally it comes TO a state of
rest, but any test Of its quality before that
period arrives is misleading Boston Budget.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
eSEN E. REIFORO.
Author Of silver Threads Among The
Goid"-tIis Work and Prospects.

Goid"-tIis Work and Prospects.
MILWAUKEE, March s.-One of the most
popular songs ever published, Silver Threads
Among the Cold was written by a busy
little msn, who lives at a little place in
Wisconsin called Shrnrton. For two or three
years this song was heard from one end
of the land TO the other Millions and millions
of copies of the music were sold, and it
was sung hy everybody, from the lead
ing prima donna down to the street Gamin.
The popular air caught every one. and the re-
frain was echoed around the civilized world.
1t was ground out of hand organs by street
maestros in all climcs. Comparatively few
people know anything about the man who
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

Mrs. Hannah Whithall Smith is said to
be engaged in the work of teaching Wash
ington ladies the ethics of gentility. She
has discovered that none Of them know
how to express disdain in bow nor how
to crush an aspirant by slow half turn
to the right-Detroit Free Press.
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Portuguese wedding Ceremony.

In Philadelphia recently wedding
ceremony was performed with the Portuguese
ritual. The couple stood under a silken
canopy, which was upheld by four posts decor
ated with flowers, and at the conclusion Of
the ceremony the groom crushed glass
under his foot as a symbolic act-New York
Sim
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INGTON. shapen, the cheeks
are wrinkled and fiabby. but the grim spirit
of the nations hero is still visible in his face
Dignity and strength stillappear in it.
The pictures of Washington in his old age
seem TO caricature the lower part Of his face.
Even that magnificent portraitof Stuarts,
which hangs in the east room Of the White
House, pictures the mouth and chin as if
when the great man sat for the artist he had
just put in each cheek fresh supply Of that
comfort which is contraband to habits of
cleanliness and good taste The truth about
this expression IN these portraits of Wash
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

A company has been organized in Cali
fornia for the purpose Of growing ramie.
Professor Hilgard thinks that it would
thrive admirably in the anuali regions Of
the state.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

oil d Washington
lodge of Masons at
Alexandria 1t pic
lures him Us an old
man wearing the
regalia of that
order, to which he
was devoted The
shoulders are bent,
the features have
lost their resolution
land visor and are
,pinch h ed and
W zened. The
eyes are paled with
age, the lips are
irregular and i'll
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
CHlCAGO'S BIRTHDAY.
THE YOUNG GIANT OF THE WEST
FIFTY YEARS OLD LAST WEEK.


Special Correspondents.
CHICAGO, March Fifty years ago last
FRIDAY March 4 Chicago city was born.
Only fifty wears. mere passing day in the
history OF most of the great cities Of the
world, Vet measuring the whole ife of this
lu>ty young giant of the west Chicago is
unique. Alone of all the really great cities of
the globe It now numbers among its roster
of citizens men who were ON the ground when
the city first took on the robes Of municipal
dignity and authority. New York, Boston
and Philadelphia find their foreiathers
only in history and upon the decaying tomb
stones in quaint old churchyarCis- London,
Paris and Berlin trace their municipal recppls
back into the msts OF the middle ages. The
beginnings Of Canton. Pekin, Seddo, Con-
stantinople were almost prehistoric. But
Chicago, which holds her young head as high
as any Of them, is but stripping Her fore
fathers many of them, are still with her and
still active in the pursuit Of life. Her history
Is merely that of yesterday; the day before
she was not.
Take a look at Chicago in this year Of our
Lord 1881. For eleven miles north and south
the shores of the lake are covered with build
ings To the interior the habitations ot man
extend. with few vacant areas, irregularly
from two TO six miles The limits Of the mu-
nicipal territory alone comprise nearly forty
squsre mileS-more than three-fourths of all
this space being occupied by buildings or
streets. The center of town is near the lake
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

When Kate was told by her uncle George,
the deacon, that she ought TO pray without
ceasing, she replied demurely: .Oh, uncle,
you wouldn't want me to be such 4 tease as
fhatt1
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and Mississippi rivers, helped the settlement
over the hard times and that restless spirit
Of enterprise which has never ceased early
manifested itself among the citizens i'll the
building of extensive plank roads for the en-
COuraEnment of trade with the country Ii
is noteworthy, also, that ChiCago'S first rail
way was built 10y her own citizens toward
the west, an appropriate beginning for that
work of conquest with the iron Steed which
has laid all inner America at Chicago's feet,
The first locomotive arrived here by boat and
in 1919 was put in sarViCe on the Chicago
and Galena TaliIoad. between this city
and ElgIn, now part of the great
Northwestern system. This locomotive, the
Pioneer" still exist, an honOred relic, and is
still capable Of raising steam and doing
twenty miles an hour. In 1852 the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern road reached
the city, the first line from the east Other
roads quickly Followed. and, such is the speed
with which western energy works, within
half dozen years the Mississippi river was
reached by two roads, and at the beginning
of the war the Missouri was but days ride
from Lake Michigan.
Chicago grew and grew until October, Il,
came with its drought and its chariot of fire
and almost swept the city from the face of
the earth What fire that was. Only those
who saw it, or who saw the miles on miles of
ruins it left. can appreciate lis awful dsstruct-
iveneSS as IT ran over those three and one half
square miles Of territory in the very heart of
the city. That conflaEraiion turned to ashes
two hundred millions Of property, but it did
not stay the onward march Of the city. You
would not now know there ever had been a
great fire here. There Is scarcely single bit
Of ruin left ~ a souvenir. Aside from few
foundation walls, half covered with
dirt, over on the North Side, and the
walls of ore railway station, standing Just
as the fire left them, am unable 10 think OF
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King Humbert of Italy takes great in
terest in the firemen, goes to all fires and
encourages the efforts of the fire laddies
to stay the progress of the flames.
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at tins post As early ns Is,p.

at tins post aS early aS lS2n.
In her baby days Chicago had har,l time
Of it. There WAS the panic, and the lack of
market, and tile wild cat money and the I'M
friendly Indians. But the building Of the
canl.l connecting the lake with the Illinois
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and consequently incurabe. It is impossible to de-
scrl6c her sulcrnrs Her body from the crown Of
her head to the soies Of her feet was mass Of decay
masses Of flesh rotng of and leaving great cavities
Her fingers iostered and three four nails dropped
of at one time Her limbs contracted by the fearful
liberation and for several years she did not ieavs
her bed Her weight was reduced rom l25 10 50 lbs
Perhaps some faint idea OF her condition can BE-
CLEANED from the fact that three pounds Of Cosmo-
line or ointment were used per week in dressing her
sores. Finally the physicians acknowledged Their
defeat by this Black Wolf, and commended the suf-
feTer TO her alEwIse Creator.
HcE husband hearing wonderful reports OF the use
OF SWIFT : sFECIFfC -. :. S.b. prevailed on her to
try u as last resort She began its under pfo
test. but soon found that her system being re-
eyed OF the poison. a. the assumed red and
healthy color. a. though the blood was becoming
pure and active. Mrs. Bailey continued the 5. s. s.
until last February. every healed she dis
CIR! d chair and CTUtcho ard was for the FIRST tims
IN twelve years q well woman He husband. Mr..
6 \ BAILEY, i IN hr-Inc-s at II Z blackstone Street
Boston and 10 fake pleasure in giving the d.tsfls
oi tvs wonderful cure. Send TO US for Treatise %
DiODi ard >k n pT-,a-ts, mailed free
The SWIFT SrECFtC Co. Drawer 3. Atlanta O.
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ington that AT that
time of life he was
Obliged 10 uSe false
teeth, and they
gave him a great
deal of trouble.
The set he most
commonly wore